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The Break

Nelsa Roberto

ABBY LAMBERT’S PLANS to ski with friends over spring break are ruined when her surgeon mother and stepfather announce they have to leave the country on an emergency medical mission. Instead of partying with her friends, Abby must stay home and look after her increasingly confused grandmother.

At the nursing home where Nonna likes to play bingo, Abby runs into her notoriously aloof classmate Kyle who volunteers there. Despite his arrogance and mysterious past she finds herself drawn to him. Maybe staying home for Spring Break won’t be so bad-except for Nonna’s weird behaviour, which seems to be escalating. Abby manages things pretty well … until one terrifying and desperate night, when life as she knows it changes forever.

From the author of Illegally Blonde comes another heart-warming story of family relationships, regret, and redemption. The Break will stay with you long after you’ve read it―like the love between Abby and her Nonna.

About the Author

Nelsa Roberto

Nelsa Roberto was born in a remote logging community in northern Ontario, grew up in a farming community in southern Ontario, and now lives in Toronto with her husband, three children, and a Golden Retriever.

Great Plains Publications gratefully acknowledges the financial support provided for its publishing program by the Government of Canada; the Canada Council for the Arts; as well as the Manitoba Department of Sport, Culture and Tourism; and the Manitoba Arts Council.

Great Plains Publications acknowledges we are located on original lands of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation.